the pitching, the defense, the timely hitting of the giants. go ahead, kenny. [cheering] >> joe: we heard kenny for a moment. as you look at the reactions by the giants. brandon belt will have a ring. buster posey will have two. and now we will go down o ken rosenthal in the middle of all those bodies on the field. >> ken: thanks, joe. buster, you had such a difficult road to get here, division series, league championship series. how surprised are you that this is a sweep? >> well, we are just happy right now. tonight was a battle and i think tonight was a fitting way for us to end it. those guys played hard. they didn't stop. good feeling. >> ken: how important was it for you guys to close it out tonight, knowing how good they are, knowing verlander could pitch tomorrow? >> i think it's very important. we get verlander tomorrow, weow how good he is. fister and sanchez back home if it went that way. it was very big. >> your pitching dominated, going back to the nlcs. what made them so good down the stretch? >> they executed pitches. they had a game plan going o